summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc
AgeCommit message (Collapse)Author
2004-03-02.Jim Meyering
2004-02-22tweak wording of last changeJim Meyering
2004-02-22*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-02-22(du invocation): Mention that using du's -H option currently evokes a warning.Jim Meyering
2004-02-21*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-02-21(expr invocation):Jim Meyering
Document what forms integers may take, and say "integer" consistently instead of "number". Warn about operands that "expr" can misinterpret, and how to work around the problem.
2004-02-17*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-02-17(csplit invocation): Correct typo s/LINE/N/Jim Meyering
in description of `N' pattern.
2004-02-11(Formatting the file names):Jim Meyering
Improve wording for --quoting-style documentation. Suggestions by Bruno Haible.
2004-02-11revert unrelated (ls --quoting-style) part of last changeJim Meyering
2004-02-11*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-02-11*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-02-11(Time directives): The %s value *is* changed by theJim Meyering
--date=DATE option; don't say otherwise. Patch from Padraig Brady.
2004-02-09Hyphenate `three-column' when used as an adjective.Jim Meyering
2004-02-02.Jim Meyering
2004-02-02*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-02-02(nice invocation): Add examples.Jim Meyering
Prompted by suggestion from Dan Jacobson. (factor invocation): Add an example. Update timing numbers for a more modern CPU.
2004-01-27.Jim Meyering
2004-01-27*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-01-27 Separate `Synopses' section into three examples.Jim Meyering
Clarify first paragraph. @w{}-protect an expression.1 Use @option{--option}, rather than @code{--option}.
2004-01-27*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-01-27(seq invocation): Remove `@dots{}' at end of synopsis.Jim Meyering
2004-01-22*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-01-22(Exit status): Document that ordinary failureJim Meyering
might not exit with status 1 on unusual platforms. Mention chroot, env, nice, and su as having unusual exit status patterns. Don't bother to mention true and false since their exit status patterns are actually normal. (sort invocation, su invocation): Mention its unusual exit status pattern. (chroot invocation): Simplify description of exit status 1. Remove duplicate description of status 127. (env invocation): Use consistent tenses; simplifiy description of status 1. (nice invocation): Likewise.
2004-01-16*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-01-16(touch invocation): touch -r and -d can nowJim Meyering
both be specified, with -r specifying the origin for -d.
2004-01-15*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-01-15Factor out some common options.Jim Meyering
(Common options): Define macros here. (What information is listed, cp invocation): Use the macro(s). (install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): Likewise. (df invocation, du invocation): Likewise.
2004-01-12.Jim Meyering
2004-01-11.Jim Meyering
2004-01-11.Jim Meyering
2004-01-09.Jim Meyering
2004-01-09.Jim Meyering
2004-01-09*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-01-09(yes invocation): Document that a write errorJim Meyering
makes `yes' exit unsuccessfully. (chroot invocation): Enumerate the meaning of exit status values. (nice invocation): Likewise. (Exit status) [@macro exitstatus]: New macro. Use @exitstatus to describe the exit status of most programs.
2004-01-09(du invocation): Mention that -H will eventuallyJim Meyering
mean not --si, but --dereference-args (-D).
2003-12-30(join invocation): Remove documentationJim Meyering
accordingly. Document that -t makes all separators significant.
2003-12-20.Jim Meyering
2003-12-20.Jim Meyering
2003-12-20(du invocation): Describe new option: -0, --null.Jim Meyering
2003-12-18.Jim Meyering
2003-12-12.Jim Meyering
2003-12-08*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-12-08(What information is listed, chroot invocation):Jim Meyering
Adjust example 'ls' output to match new behavior with narrower output columns. (The cut command): Remove example that cut the output of 'ls -l'. The output was incorrect even with the old 'ls', and the whole idea of using 'cut' on 'ls -l' output is bogus anyway.
2003-12-03.Jim Meyering
2003-11-27.Jim Meyering
2003-11-27Tweak mark-up to use @env, not @code in a few places.Jim Meyering
Mark new use of LC_NUMERIC.
2003-11-27*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-11-27Parse floating-point operands and options in the C locale.Jim Meyering
POSIX requires this for printf, and we might as well be consistent elsewhere (tail, sleep, seq). (tail invocation, printf invocation, sleep invocation, seq invocation): Document this.
2003-11-26(Traversing symlinks): Rearrange things.Jim Meyering
(chown invocation): Add xrefs to `Traversing symlinks' for -H, -P, -L. (chgrp invocation): Likewise.